1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1982 NCAA Division III
baseball tournamentSeason| 1982

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Teams| 24
Finals site|

* Pioneer Park
* Marietta, Ohio

Champions| Eastern Connecticut State (1st title)
Runner-up| Stanislaus State
MOP| Jeff Blobaum[1] (Stanislaus State)

* ← 1981
* NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
* 1983 →

The 1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1982 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the seventh national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams, for the first time, competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Eastern Connecticut State, who defeated Stanislaus State for the championship.[2]

## Bids

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The 24 competing teams were:

School  | Nickname  | Location  | Conference  | Tournament
appearance  | Last
appearance  | Consecutive
tournament
appearances  | Previous best
performance

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Albion College | Britons | Albion, MI | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 2nd | 1979 | 1 | Regional Fifth place (1979)
Brandeis University | Judges | Waltham, MA | Independent | 6th | 1980 | 1 | World Series Runner-Up (1977)
Stanislaus State College | Warriors | Turlock, CA | Independent | 6th | 1980 | 1 | National Champion (1976, 1977)
Eastern Connecticut State College | Warriors | Willimantic, CT | Independent | 7th | 1981 | 7 | Regional Runner-Up (1979, 1981)
Elmhurst College | Blue Jays | Elmhurst, IL | College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | 3rd | 1981 | 3 | Regional Runner-Up (1981)
Ithaca College | Bombers | Ithaca, NY | Inedependent College Athletic Conference | 7th | 1981 | 7 | National Champion (1980)
Marietta College | Pioneers | Marietta, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 7th | 1981 | 7 | National Champion (1981)
Methodist College | Monarchs | Fayetteville, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1977 | 1 | Regional Fifth place (1976, 1977)
Montclair State College | Indians | Montclair, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1978 | 1 | World Series Third place (1976)
Nebraska Wesleyan University | Plainsmen | Lincoln, NE | Independent/Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(NAIA) | 2nd | 1976 | 1 | Regional third place(1976)
North Carolina Wesleyan College | Battling Bishops | Rocky Mount, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 2nd | 1981 | 2 | World Series Fourth place (1981)
Occidental College | Tigers | Los Angeles, CA (Eagle Rock) | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut
Ohio Northern University | Polar Bears | Ada, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 4th | 1981 | 3 | Regional third place (1980)
State University of New York at Oswego | Lakers | Oswego, NY | State University of New York Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut
Otterbein College | Cardinals | Westerville, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 2nd | 1981 | 2 | Regional third place (1981)
Ramapo College of New Jersey | Roadrunners | Mahwah, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1981 | 3 | Regional third place (1980, 1981)
St. Olaf College | Oles | Northfield, MN | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 6th | 1981 | 6 | Regional third place (1977, 1979)
Lynchburg College | Hornets | Lynchburg, VA | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 7th | 1981 | 7 | Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981)
Upsala College | Vikings | East Orange, NJ | Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference | 6th | 1981 | 5 | World Series Third place (1980)
Washington University in St. Louis | Bears | St. Louis, MO | Independent | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut
Widener University | Pioneers | Chester, PA | Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference | 4th | 1978 | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1977)
William Paterson University of New Jersey | Pioneers | Wayne Township, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1981 | 2 | Regional Fourth place (1977)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Titans | Oshkosh, WI | Wisconsin State University Conference | 4th | 1981 | 4 | World Series Third place (1981)
York College of Pennsylvania | Spartans | York, PA | Independent | 3rd | 1981 | 2 | Regional third place (1981)

## Regionals

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### Mideast Regional

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| First round| | | Second round/elimination round 1| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Albion| 3
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| | | Ohio Northern| 7| |
| 1| Albion| 9| | | | | Ohio Northern| 10
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| 6| Otterbein| 7| | | | | Elmhurst| 3| |
| | | Otterbein| 1| | | |
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| Elmhurst| 3| |
| 2| Marietta| 3| | | Ohio Northern| 8| –
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| 5| Elmhurst| 1| | | | | Marietta| 14| –
| | | Marietta| 17| | | | |
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| | | York (PA)| 1| |
| 3| York (PA)| 3| | | | | Marietta| 11
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| 4| Ohio Northern| 210| | | | | Albion| 8| |
| | | Albion| 6| | | |
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| York (PA)| 2| |
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### South Regional

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| First round/elimination first round| | | Semifinal/elimination final| | | Final
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| Lynchburg| 6
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| Methodist| 5| |
| | | Lynchburg| 3
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| | | North Carolina Wesleyan| 4| |
| North Carolina Wesleyan| 7| | | |
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| Ramapo| 0| |
| | | North Carolina Wesleyan| 1| 11
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| | | Methodist| 4| 4
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | Lynchburg| 4
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| Methodist| 11| | | Methodist| 6| |
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| Ramapo| 1| | |
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### Midwest Regional

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| First round/elimination first round| | | Semifinal/elimination final| | | Final
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| St. Olaf| 2
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| Nebraska Wesleyan| 1| |
| | | St. Olaf| 3
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| | | Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 2| |
| Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 5| | | |
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| Washington-St. Louis| 1| |
| | | St. Olaf| 3| 9
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| | | Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 4| 14
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 8
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| Nebraska Wesleyan| 3| | | Washington-St. Louis| 3| |
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| Washington-St. Louis| 7| | |
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### Mid-Atlantic Regional

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| First round/elimination first round| | | Semifinal/elimination final| | | Final
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| Montclair State| 9
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| Upsala| 8| |
| | | Montclair State| 3
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| | | Widener| 5| |
| Widener| 5| | | |
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| William Paterson| 3| |
| | | Widener| 5| 5
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| | | William Paterson| 17| 11
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | Montclair State| 10
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| Upsala| 5| | | William Paterson| 15| |
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| William Paterson| 7| | |
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### West Regional

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| Finals |

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| Stanislaus State | 6 | 8 | 10 | – | – |
| Occidental | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – |

### Northeast Regional

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| First round/elimination first round| | | Semifinal/elimination final| | | Final
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| Oswego State| 6
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| Brandeis| 5| |
| | | Oswego State| 14
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| | | Eastern Connecticut State| 16| |
| Eastern Connecticut State| 11| | | |
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| Ithaca| 8| |
| | | Eastern Connecticut State| 2| –
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| | | Brandeis| 1| –
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | Oswego State| 3
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| Brandeis| 3| | | Brandeis| 5| |
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| Ithaca| 2| | |
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## World Series

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### Participants

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School  | Nickname  | Location  | Conference  | World Series
appearance  | Last
appearance  | Consecutive
World Series
appearances  | Previous best
performance

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Eastern Connecticut State College | Warriors | Willimantic, CT | Independent | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut
Stanislaus State College | Warriors | Turlock, CA | Independent | 5th | 1979 | 1 | National Champion (1976, 1977)
Marietta College | Pioneers | Marietta, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 5th | 1981 | 3 | National Champion (1981)
North Carolina Wesleyan College | Battling Bishops | Rocky Mount, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 2nd | 1981 | 2 | Fourth place (1981)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Titans | Oshkosh, WI | Wisconsin State University Conference | 3rd | 1981 | 3 | Third place (1981)
William Paterson University of New Jersey | Pioneers | Wayne Township, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut

### Bracket

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Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| First round| | | Second round/elimination round 1| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Marietta| 0
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| | | Eastern Connecticut State| 4| |
| 1| Marietta| 5| | | | | Eastern Connecticut State| 3
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| 6| North Carolina Wesleyan| 3| | | | | North Carolina Wesleyan| 2| |
| | | North Carolina Wesleyan| 11| | | |
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| William Paterson| 6| |
| 2| Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 12| | | Eastern Connecticut State| 9| 11
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| 5| William Paterson| 11| | | | | Stanislaus State| 8| 6
| | | Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 0| | | | |
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| | | Stanislaus State| 1| |
| 3| Stanislaus State| 5| | | | | Stanislaus State| 4
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| 4| Eastern Connecticut State| 4| | | | | Marietta| 3| |
| | | Marietta| 7| | | |
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| Wisconsin-Oshkosh| 2| |
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## See also

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* 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
* 1982 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
* 1982 NAIA World Series

## References

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1. ^ "Jeff Blobaum (2001) - Warrior Athletics Hall of Fame". Stanislaus State Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
2. ^ "Eastern Connecticut breaks through for title". d3baseball.com. n.d. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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